Team Ninja’s Ninja Gaiden trilogy – the modern incarnation mastered by ninja Ryu Hayabusa – is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC (via Steam) and Xbox One on June 10. Publisher Cow Tecmo unveils the Ninja Gaiden collection during a Nintendo Live presentation on Wednesday.
The Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection will include Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, en Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, as well as all DLC, costumes and game modes.
The modern Ninja Gaiden series started in 2004 under the leadership of Tomonobu Itagaki with the game Ninja Gaiden for Xbox. The original was later processed, repackaged and transferred to other platforms Ninja Gaiden Black, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, en Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus. Team Ninja has a sequel, Ninja Gaiden 2, in 2008, and Ninja Gaiden 3 in 2012. The last game in the trilogy was released for Wii U as Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge.
Cow Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden was inspired by the NES era action platform series of the same name. The first Ninja Gaiden came to consoles in 1988, the same year as an arcade beat-up, also called Ninja Gaiden, was released. Two more Ninja Gaiden games have been released for NES: Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990) and Ninja Gaiden 3: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991).